Look Who it Was Random video

TRTWorld - World in Two Minutes, 2015, May 1, 11:00 GMT

116 views · Published 1 May 2015 · 2:25 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: TRT World · 2015 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

MAY DAY RALLIES
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, commemorates 19th century workers’ struggle for better working conditions. Throughout Asia, May Day demonstrators have rallied for labour reform. In Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and Indonesian capital Jakarta, thousands of demonstrators marched for increases to minimum wage. Thousands also marched in Japan, Russia and Myanmar.

EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH 
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in Nepal has passed 61 hundred. The UN says that 6 hundred thousand houses have been destroyed or damaged. Nepal’s Finance Minister, Ram Sharan Mahat, said Nepal would need at least 2 billion dollars to rebuild the country and appealed for help from international donors. The UN has said 8 million people were affected by the quake. The organisation said at least 2 million would need  tents, water, food and medicine over the next three months. The international community, including China and Turkey, has pledged aid.

HOUTHIS KILL GUARDS
Four Saudi soldiers have been killed by Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi fighters at  Yemeni border checkpoints in two separate attacks. These are the first reported incidents after the Saudi-led coalition announced it was ending air strikes and starting a rehabilitation process in Yemen with an operation called “Restoring Hope.”

AID TO KRG 
Iraq’s army, Sunni militias and KRG Peshmerga forces will now receive direct military aid from the U.S. government. The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a bill to send armaments to Iraqi armed groups to fight against ISIS. U.S. State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf has stated the White House’s opposition to the bill’s clause that recognises the KRG as an independent country. The U.S. bill was met with strong opposition from both Iraqi government and Shiite groups in the country.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trtworld
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TRTWorld

More from this channel